Manifolding-blank.



No. 760,609. J PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

H. P. BROWN.

. MANIFOLDING BLANK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE P. BROWN, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. l

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SPEGIFICATION'fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 760,609, dated Ma24,1904

Application filed as 10.1903.

TO all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoRAoE P. B OWN, a citizen' of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inManifoldingBlanks,

rated or weakened transverselyalongthree lines and folded into foursuperposed sec'ztions. Two alternate sections are coatedwith'transfer-material on the same side of thefsheet and are foldedtoward the intermediate uncoated other coated section. Two ofthesections are of greater width than the other sections to provide amargin by means of whichseveral of the blanks may be bound into a tabletor pad and to enable these sections when separated to beconveniently'secured in ,a file-holder.

The invention will be more readily underings, in whichs p Figure 1 is avperspectwe view of one of-the folded blankspartly opened .to show thear-' rangement of the sections- Fig. 2. is aperv spective view of ablank with the sections Fig.

tofoldingit, and Fig. 4 is aplan view of the other side of the unfoldedsheet.

The blank consists of a single sheet 1, which is perforated or weakenedtransversely along three linesr2 3 4 to provide" four sections 5 6 7 8.Two alternate sections, here numbered 5 and 7, are coated on, the sameside of the sheet with a hard carbon compound or-other usual transfermaterial. Section 5is shown as printed on its uncoated face to provide amemorandum shipping-receipt marked Duplicate. That face of section 6lying between the coated faces of sections 5 and 7 is printed toconstitute the original shipping-receipt,

marked Original. The face of section 7 'op-' posite to that which iscoated is here shown blank, but may contain any desired printed SerialNo. 165,010. No model.)

the. sheet which carries the coatings is printed as a shipping-orderand-is marked as such. The sections 5 and 6 are of-somewh'at greater-Width than the sections 7 and 8 to provide binding margins 5 6'. Thesemargins are shown punched or perforated to enable the de:

tached sections to be easily secured in a file-T holder orplaced'onafile-hook without-mu- 'tilation. 2 and 3 by'turning the coated faces ofthe sections 5 and 7toward the intermediate section 6. :The coated-faceof section 5 is shown in Fig. 1 as folded directly upon the printed faceof section 6, thus providing the wider V fold, the coated face ofsection-7 then folded down upon the printed face of section 5, andfinally The sheet folded alongthe lines the blank or rear face ofsection 8 folded upon the uncoated face of section 7. It will be seenthat the sheet is thus folded into a double V,

one V foldbeing narrower than andlying upon the other V fold. v v a 4 InFig. 2 the coated face of section? is shown folded directly upon theprinted face of section 6. The blank orrear face ofj'section Sis then.folded down'upon the uncoated face ofv section 7. The coated faceofsection 5v is finally folded upon the printed face of section- 8. Theappearance of the blank thus folded is precisely similar to that of Fig.1, except that the narrower V lies within instead of upon the wider Vfold. The arrangement shown in Fig. l is preferable, since theshipping-order, section 8, can be easily and quickly raised by adrawing. motion of the left-hand thumb, to permit the introduction of astopcard or writing-surface.

A number of the folded blanks may be detachably bound together into atablet or pad by means of the marginal extensions 5 6" This result ispreferably effectedby simply gluing a strip of cloth or paper to theedge of the binding margins of the several blanks.

In-using the blanks a stop card or sheet of stiff paper is insertedbeneath the blank to be filled out and the desired memorandum iswrittenupon the top section. terial on the-back of the coated sectionsthen reproduces the writing on the'face of the duplicate and triplicatesections. The blank IOO may then be detached and the sections tornapart, or it may be retained in place and simply turned back to enableanother blank to be filled out.

By the use of this blank two copies with clean or uncoated backs areafforded, while the third copy, having a coated back, may be re tainedas a memorandum. The intermediate coated section may be thrown away orutilized as an interleaving carbon-sheet. The carbon coating on the backof two of the sections dispenses with the use of troublesome loosecarbon-sheets. The provision of transfer material on one side of thesheet only enables the sheet to be suitably coated by passing it butonce through the coating-machine.

I claim-- 1. A manifoldingblank, consisting of a sheet perforated orweakened transversely along three lines to provide four sections,alternate sections coated with transfer material on one face of thesheet and folded toward the intermediate uncoated section so that one"coated section overlies the other coated section, as set forth.

2. A manifolding-blank, consisting of a sheet folded into foursuperposed sections, two sections having transfer material on theirback, and two sections being of greater Width.

than the other sections to provide binding margins, as set forth.

3. A manifoldingblank, consisting of a sheet folded into four superposedsections, two sections having transfer material on their back, and twoadjacent sections being of greater width than the other sections toprovide a folded binding portion, as set forth.

. 4. A manifolding blank, consisting of a sheet perforated or weakenedtransversely along three lines to provide four sections, alternatesections coated with transfer material on one face of the sheet andfolded toward the intermediate uncoated section so that one coatedsection overlies the other coated section, and two sections being ofgreater width than the other sections to' provide binding margins, asset forth.

5. A manifoldingblank, consisting of a sheet perforated or weakenedtransversely along three lines to provide four sections, alternatesections coated with transfer material on one face of the sheet andfolded toward the intermediate uncoated section so that one coatedsection overlies the other coated section, and two adjacent sectionsbeing of greater width than the other sections to provide a foldedbinding portion, as set forth.

6. A triplicate manifolding-blank, consisting of a sheet perforated orweakened transversely along three lines to provide four sections, thefirst and third sections coated with transfer material on one face ofthe sheet, the

licate forms on the coated face of the sheet, as set forth.

7. A manifolding-blank, consisting of a sheet perforated or weakenedtransversely along three lines to provide four sections, alternatesections being coated with transfer material on one face of the sheet,the coated end section being folded upon the intermediateuncoatedsection, the intermediate coated section folded upon the coated endsection, and the uncoated end section folded back upon the intermediatecoated section, the folded blank thus consistingof two V folds, onelyingupon the other, as set forth.

8. A manifoldingblank, consisting of a sheet perforated or weakenedtransversely along three lines to provide four sections, al-

ternate sections being coated with transfer material on one face of thesheet, the coated end section being folded upon the intermediateuncoated section, the intermediate coated section folded upon the coatedend section, and the uncoated end section folded back upon theintermediate coated section, the folded blank thus consisting of two Vfolds, one lying upon the other, and two sections being of greater widththan the other sections to provide binding margins, as set forth.

9. A manifolding-blank, consisting of a sheet perforated or weakenedtransversely along three lines to provide four sections, alternatesections being coated with transfer material on one face of the sheet,the coated end section being folded upon the intermediate uncoatedsection, the intermediate coated section folded upon the coated endsection, and the uncoated end sect-ion folded back upon the intermediatecoated section, the folded blank thus consisting of two V folds, onelying upon the other, and two adjacent sections being of greater widththan the other sections to provide a folded binding portion, as setforth.

10. A manifolding-blank, consisting of a sheet perforated or weakenedtransversely along three lines to provide four sections, alternatesections being coated with transfer material on one face of the sheet,the coated end section and the adjacent uncoated section being ofgreater width than the other two sections to provide a folded bindingportion, the

coated end section being folded upon the intermediate uncoated section,the intermediate coated section folded upon the coated end section, andthe uncoated end section folded back upon the intermediate coatedsection, the folded blank thus consisting of two V folds, of differentwidth, the narrower one lying upon the wider one, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HORACE P. BRO\VN. Witnesses:

HENRY C. Dnoenn, JAMES L. KING.

